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Today we left Italy and headed to Austria. We took some last pics of our cute apartment as memories, and then headed over the pass into the next valley and beyond, on our trip into Austria. The next stop is Bad Reichenhall which is actually in Germany - about 12km from ...

So on Bonfire night we were out hiking again - this time in a neighbouring valley with the huge mountain of Marmolada (3343m) - the queen of the dolomites on the other side of the valley from us, as we headed into the mountains on the other side of the lake/reservoir at the top of the mountain pass. Again, we were blessed with great weather, and had ...

... the hills - the size of which were the equivalent to Ben Nevis in terms of height !! So needless to say we were aching once we got back this evening, and knew we would sleep really well !! The photos don't really do the scenery justice. We have decided that the Dolomites are one of our favourite places for this trip :) and we are so glad we came here if only to experience the area for a couple of ...

... because it was -1 out. I wore a sleeveless base layer under one of my long sleeve cycling jackets under my street jacket, plus a skullcap to cover my ears, long sleeve gloves, my jeans over top of my cycling shorts, and finally I kept my street pedals on so I could have warm shoes. After all this there was still times I was a little chilly! It didn't matter though, because the ride was unlike anything I've ever seen. The first forty kilometres was mostly ...

... these locations in the past. The houses are huge, often with massive barns attached which must have housed provisions for you and the cattle for the winter because presumably once it snowed that was that until it thawed in a few months. It must have been tough.

We have really enjoyed Italy; again. Tomorrow we head for Austria, the bit we missed last year. ...